Expert Prior Informal Commitment Conflicting with Direct Agency Solicitation State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ExpertPriorInformalCommitmentConflictingwithDirectAgencySolicitationState
Definition
State in which an expert has made prior informal arrangements with multiple competing firms to serve as their subconsultant if they are awarded a contract, and is subsequently directly solicited by the procuring agency to serve as prime professional — creating a conflict between prior informal commitments to the competing firms and the new direct engagement opportunity, with obligations to be transparent about both sets of relationships.
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State in which an expert has made prior informal arrangements with multiple competing firms to serve as their subconsultant if they are awarded a contract, and is subsequently directly solicited by the procuring agency to serve as prime professional — creating a conflict between prior informal commitments to the competing firms and the new direct engagement opportunity, with obligations to be transparent about both sets of relationships.
Source Evidence
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Two of the eight firms, A and B, stated that they had each made arrangements with Engineer X, a recognized expert in the technical subject matter and a principal in his own firm, to provide the highly specialized expertise
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Ontology
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df50ad0c0f73848a...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
161
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T11:33:15.517940+00:00
First Discovered In Case
161
Generated
2026-03-02T11:33:15.517940+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 161 Extraction